Rainha Do Tráfico

Lívia Pereira permanecia parada no meio da multidão, segurando com força duas pilhas de papéis. Uma era o laudo médico que diagnosticava déficit afetivo; a outra, um acordo de divórcio. Três horas antes, ao perceber que o sistema do hospital registrava seu estado civil como divorciada, ela havia ido pessoalmente ao cartório. A funcionária ergueu a cabeça: — Senhora, a senhora e Rodrigo Costa se divorciaram legalmente há três anos. A expressão de Lívia congelou: — Como assim? Há três anos nós tínhamos acabado de nos casar. A funcionária confirmou novamente, e o tom soou estranho: — Está correto. A data do divórcio foi exatamente sete segundos após o casamento.

Everyone in the upper circles knew I was the Xander family’s delicate little porcelain doll, someone who could not tolerate even the slightest grievance. I always had to sit in the seat of honor at gatherings. My drinks had to be served ice-cold. If anything annoyed me even a little, I would have my childhood friends clear the room. That was, until the fallen heiress returned. She did not rely on men. She had built her own business from scratch and was ruthless in the boardroom, radiating a wild, untamed beauty. Slowly, my dear brothers began to find me insufferable and too high-maintenance. When they pulled their investments from my gallery to back her projects instead, only my fiancé stayed by my side, comforting me. “Forget them. They’re all opportunists. I’ll always keep you safe in the palm of my hand!” That was until one day, I saw that same proud fiancé bent low like a servant, humbly wiping wine stains off the heiress's shoes in a corner of a club. His eyes were filled with a devotion I had never seen before. “All I need is one look from you, and I’ll drop the whole wedding.” I took off my engagement ring and tossed it into the drain. Then, I went home and told my grandfather, “Grandpa, I’m going to Africa for that development aid project. “I’ll agree to the arranged marriage. Just don’t make me see them again."

Para celebrar el Año Nuevo, íbamos todos de camino a casa de mis abuelos. En plena autopista, mi hermano menor, Jaime Moreno, no paraba de decir que tenía que ir al baño. Mi mamá nos apuró a mi hermana mayor, Olivia Moreno, y a mí: —La próxima estación de servicio todavía está lejos. Vayan ustedes también de una vez, para que después no me salgan otra vez con que quieren ir al baño. ¡Muévanse, rápido, y nada de demorarse! Salí corriendo. Pero al volver, vi nuestro auto, con las luces traseras encendidas, alejarse despacio. Afuera, la temperatura estaba a más de diez grados bajo cero, y aun así, mis padres me habían dejado allí, olvidada, en una estación de servicio vacía. Eché a correr hacia el auto y grité con todas mis fuerzas: —¡Papá! ¡Mamá! Pero el auto dobló, se metió en el tráfico y desapareció por completo.

Assim que meus pais ligam para dizer que vão me levar à casa do meu amigo de infância, Oliver Holland, para conhecer a pretendente do encontro às cegas dele, ele ainda está dormindo ao meu lado. Acho que eles estão brincando e sussurro: — Oliver, eles disseram que encontraram alguém para você namorar. Ele solta um murmúrio preguiçoso e me puxa para seus braços. — Gerry, me ajuda a escolher o que vestir depois. E arruma meu cabelo também. Quando eu fico imóvel, Oliver abre os olhos e solta uma risada curta e debochada. — Qual é o seu problema? A gente só dorme junto. Você não acha mesmo que eu vou casar com você, acha?

On the night before the wedding, my fiancé’s female best friend, Marisol Vance, sent me a set of photos. In the photos, she wore the custom haute couture wedding gown I had commissioned, leaning into Lucian Drake’s arms, with a caption meant to provoke me: [Borrowing your groom and your dress for a moment—after all, Lucian said I look better in this than you do.] Soon after, my social feed was flooded with their so-called wedding photos. In the images, the two of them staged a mock kiss, the caption reading: [More than friends, not quite lovers. If we had been born ten years earlier, there would have been no place for anyone else.] I held up the photos and confronted Lucian, yet he played his game indifferently, then tossed his phone aside, his face full of impatience. “I told you, it was just for fun—a way to commemorate our youth. Can you stop acting like a shrew? She was just diagnosed with depression. What’s wrong with me comforting her?” Looking at his self-righteous expression, I smiled. “Fine. Since your bond is so unbreakable, I won’t play the villain.” That very night, I drafted a withdrawal agreement and halted the arrangements I had been making with a top-tier overseas medical team for his mother. “The wedding is off. Don’t expect me to keep patching up your bankrupt company, and don’t expect me to save your mother either. “Your youth is precious—I hope you can afford to pay the price to keep it so.”

Anna has a secret, one that could ruin the relationship she has with everyone, even her own family. She is in a relationship with Alejandro, her older sister's husband, one of the top billionaires in the world Two nights before Anna arrived in New York City, she had a one-night stand with a mysterious man who she later found out was her sister's husband Alejandro.

THE ALPHA SERIES: 1 The enmity between the Redmoon pack and Silvermoon pack has been going on for over a century now. The war was expected to end or at least subside after both Alpha's find out that they were fated to be mates but to everyone's surprise, the opposite happens. Kira and Damien hate each other, so much so that they will never accept that they're fated to be together and will fight against their fate. Damien already has who he loves and is unwilling to let her go for a nonchalant, hothead that happens to also happen to be an enemy. Kira, as much as she always wished to meet her mate, hates the thought of ever being with an arrogant and rude man like Alpha Damien and to top it off, he's the enemy. They're always brought together by one thing or the other. Can they really fight their fate and stay as enemies or will their fate get the best of them.

Meus pais foram picados por abelhas Rainha das Abelhas desconhecidas e levados às pressas para o hospital. Fui até o Instituto de Entomologia buscar ajuda do diretor (meu marido) para auxiliar no diagnóstico médico. Mas ele chamou os seguranças e me barrou na porta. "Não lido com trabalho depois do expediente. A mãe da Lídia está doente, preciso cuidar dela." Tentei mostrar o termo de risco de vida, mas ele o rasgou: "Gente morre todo dia. Seus pais morrerem não muda nada." Após a morte deles, processei Lídia, que intencionalmente derrubou a colmeia. Meu marido, ausente por dias, apareceu como perito no tribunal e falsificou um laudo para inocentá-la. Quando decidi me mudar do país, ele surtou: "A morte dos seus pais não é problema meu! Trabalhei o dia todo, não posso descansar?" "Quer arruinar a vida da Lídia só porque sua família desmoronou? Que pessoa cruel!" Olhando para sua expressão repugnante, entendi: Ele ainda não sabe que ficou órfão. Porque os mortos eram os pais DELE.

THE ALPHA SERIES 2. The enmity between the Silvermoon pack and the Redmoon pack is dissolved after Kira's discovery and soon after, Damien finds himself slowly getting more and more involved with Kira and becoming more attached than he expected. He's caught in between his childhood sweetheart, Sheila and his unexpected mate, Kira and finds himself slowly drifting away from his promises. Kira slowly finds herself becoming more and more addicted to Damien's presence and when her attraction and her feelings become difficult to control, she becomes torn on whether or not to fight for her man or respect his relationship with the woman he supposedly loves. Sheila, on the other hand becomes desperate as she starts to notice Damien's change of attitude and the sudden fondness between himself and Kira. She hated the fact that Kira was slowly becoming a permanent figure in his life and is very unwilling to let her take over her place as the only woman in Damien's life. Kira and Sheila finally come face to face with eachother and they both go head to head in the second part of the series in order to truly find out who really is, The Alpha's True Luna.

Dengan kekayaan yang dimilikinya, Arnold bisa membeli semua yang diinginkannya, kecuali kesetiaan sang istri. Rebecca—perempuan yang paling ia cintai—malah berkhianat setelah melahirkan anak dari pernikahan mereka. Di balik rusaknya rumah tangga Arnold, ada seseorang yang sudah mengincar hendak mencari peluang dalam kesempitan. Dia adalah Kezia, seorang gadis yang tiba-tiba datang dengan alasan ingin melamar jadi babysitter dari putra Arnold yang masih bayi. Didukung oleh ibunya, Kezia melancarkan rencana yang telah ia rancang demi misi balas dendam. Kezia ingin mengambil semua hak milik keluarganya yang pernah dirampas oleh keluarga Arnold di masa lalu. Sayangnya, hubungan antara babysitter dan majikan itu tak berjalan sesuai dugaan. Justru mereka malah terjebak dalam lubang cinta yang membingungkan. Lalu, mampukah Kezia melanjutkan misinya untuk balas dendam?